Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:380-DB Court No. - 2 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 11149 of 2024 Petitioner :- Arif Ali Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Deptt. U.P. Lko. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Vinod Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Pankaj Gupta Hon'ble Rajan Roy,J. Hon'ble Brij Raj Singh,J. 1. Heard Shri Vinod Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State and Shri Vikas Dutt Pandey holding brief of Shri Pankaj Gupta, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 5. 2. The petitioner claims to have been the highest bidder in the auction for settlement of fishery rights and also that the requisite formalities were completed by him but the Lease Certificate has not been issued as yet, though, the auction took place on 27.09.2024, however, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State says that an objection was raised by one of the participants in the auction who belongs to the Schedule Caste and had a preferential rights in terms of Rule 57(5) of the U.P. Revenue Code Rules, 2016 that the petitioner belong to the OBC category, therefore, she had a preferential right. The said objections are under consideration. 3. Let a decision be taken by the competent authority at the earliest, say, within a period of four weeks after getting the facts verified. 4. The petitioner may place his version before the S.D.M. concerned who is the competent authority. 5. With the aforesaid observations/directions, the writ petition is disposed of. . (Brij Raj Singh,J.) (Rajan Roy,J.) Order Date :- 3.1.2025 R.K.P. Digitally signed by :- RAJ KUMAR PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench